Title:
Hot Rod Core Class
Description:
Autobot Hot Rod (Core Class, 2022)
Hasbro ID number: WFC-K43
TakaraTomy ID number: KD EX-17
TakaraTomy release date: July 30, 2022
Accessories: Sword
Part of the final wave of War for Cybertron: Kingdom Core Class toys, "Autobot Hot Rod” is a Legends Class-sized figure that transforms from a robot to a futuristic sports car in 8 steps. He comes with a sword that features both a 3 mm handle, that Hot Rod himself uses, and a 5 mm handle for a larger toy. The sword also has a 3 mm port to store it on Hot Rod’s spoiler. His spoiler has a 3 mm port to attach the sword handle facing frontward, and it can be easily removed for some reason. As the lower legs and knee joints rely on friction to hold them in place, you could disconnect them while posing if your specimens’ ball-and-socket joints are slightly tight enough.
Undocumented in the instructions is that the sword’s handle can also plug onto the front end of the spoiler. The latter can be removed as a handheld weapon (with the sword combined) to form some kind of a pointy bowgun-rifle, or onto the other similarly-molded port on the back of the panel, which creates a better tolerance for the shoulder articulation but with a seemingly less stable connection if it wasn’t for the single ratchet on its hinge joint.
As seen on his package art, his sword can combine with Legacy Iguanus and Skywarp’s accessories to create a larger weapon. Hot Rod was re-released alongside them in the first wave Legacy Core Class toys, as seen below, and given Hot Rod includes an Energon weapon and released in the final wave of Kingdom, it is likely Hot Rod was originally intended for release only in Legacy.
Hot Rod’s stock renders depict his toy in a more pinkish shade of red and an unpainted red nose, evoking a gladiator noseguard.
Hot Rod was officially revealed during the December 3, 2021 Transformers team roundtable with fans, and then appeared at retail in Asia just a few days later. As such, Hot Rod is the last War for Cybertron Trilogy toy to be revealed and released.
Hasbro ID number: WFC-K43
TakaraTomy ID number: KD EX-17
TakaraTomy release date: July 30, 2022
Accessories: Sword
Part of the final wave of War for Cybertron: Kingdom Core Class toys, "Autobot Hot Rod” is a Legends Class-sized figure that transforms from a robot to a futuristic sports car in 8 steps. He comes with a sword that features both a 3 mm handle, that Hot Rod himself uses, and a 5 mm handle for a larger toy. The sword also has a 3 mm port to store it on Hot Rod’s spoiler. His spoiler has a 3 mm port to attach the sword handle facing frontward, and it can be easily removed for some reason. As the lower legs and knee joints rely on friction to hold them in place, you could disconnect them while posing if your specimens’ ball-and-socket joints are slightly tight enough.
Undocumented in the instructions is that the sword’s handle can also plug onto the front end of the spoiler. The latter can be removed as a handheld weapon (with the sword combined) to form some kind of a pointy bowgun-rifle, or onto the other similarly-molded port on the back of the panel, which creates a better tolerance for the shoulder articulation but with a seemingly less stable connection if it wasn’t for the single ratchet on its hinge joint.
As seen on his package art, his sword can combine with Legacy Iguanus and Skywarp’s accessories to create a larger weapon. Hot Rod was re-released alongside them in the first wave Legacy Core Class toys, as seen below, and given Hot Rod includes an Energon weapon and released in the final wave of Kingdom, it is likely Hot Rod was originally intended for release only in Legacy.
Hot Rod’s stock renders depict his toy in a more pinkish shade of red and an unpainted red nose, evoking a gladiator noseguard.
Hot Rod was officially revealed during the December 3, 2021 Transformers team roundtable with fans, and then appeared at retail in Asia just a few days later. As such, Hot Rod is the last War for Cybertron Trilogy toy to be revealed and released.
Theme:
Kingdom
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2022
Country:
United States
Series:
Kingdom
Date Added:
2022-08-04 09:55:50
Date Added:
2022-08-04 09:55:50
